A question on the Olympics

[Tribetime]

How many people in their lifetime will ever bobsled
How many people will do curling in their lifetime
How many people will ever figure skate in their lifetime.
I just asked this because in the major sports people getting the gold medals are competing against millions and millions of others so it just seems the people winning a gold medal in some of these Olympic sports is way less competitive

[RockRaven]

1. I was discussing something similar with my family last night as they were watching

one of those ski jumping events with twists and flips... Like bobsled, it is a totally purpose-built facility which cannot be approximated by anything other than an equivalent purpose built facility for that event.

The pool of people with access to such facilities is miniscule compared to any track and field events or swimming events in the summer olympics, or even cross country skiing in the winter.

[Tribetime]

4. I think there are only to lose trails in the United States and 14 worldwide total

[Bayard]

2. I don't know.....

But we were watching luge last night, and I said--I would love to go down that course on an old garbage can lid!

[Tribetime]

3. Lol 😅

[Harker]

6. There you have it! The People's Olympics...

I might be able to compete in the 'unintentional ice dancing' category.

[zanana1]

7. I did that just yesterday in a parking lot.

I think that would be the most advantageous category for me.

[Harker]

9. I'm an old pro.

I hit a thin sheet coming out of a movie theatre in the 70s, and managed to stick the landing after a wild 180 degree turn. The people waiting in line for the next showing gave me a nice round of applause.

Lost my first set of front teeth on a frozen lake.

We should head for the tropics, maybe.

[Fla Dem]

5. Many of these are specialized sports and participants start out at the local level.

Did you ever go to a skating rink and see little boys or girls learning to skate? Or to a ski slope and see young kids taking skiing lessons? Then they perfect their skills through many years competing in local, state, regional, then national competitions. The best in their sports make it to the Olympics to compete against the best from all over the globe.

Unlike team sports these are individual sports. There are some team competitions (hockey and curling for one), but the Olympics were created way back when, as individual competitions and that's pretty much how they've remained. There have been changes made throughout the years. Adding pro basketball players to the winter Olympics and MLB to the summer Olympics. There are no cash prizes, only the Olympic medal and the pride in ones accomplishments. The best do get endorsements and can trade on their success.

The individual athletes, they've worked hard to get where they are and they compete against the best in the world.

[Tribetime]

10. 👍 what percentage of people actually have ever even seen a bobsled course or have done curling iron

[jcgoldie]

8. I had a similar thought last night

Don't get me wrong I love to watch most of this shit... they are dedicated athletes who have worked their asses off while 75% of whats on television is dumbass reality shows... yet it occurred to me.. how obscure are some of these winter sports when they have to spend half the telecast explaining the rules to us EVERY FOUR YEARS??

[kairos12]

11. Does this count

Once I slipped on my icy driveway, fell on a garbage can lid, slid down the driveway, got up and attempted to walk, but PF Flyered skated for a distance, ending up crashing, ending curled up in a heap.

[Tribetime]

12. That sounds like a combination sport 😁

Gold medal for sure